Philadelphia Flyers v San Jose Sharks
Philadelphia Flyers: Michael Del Zotto (31/4 d, doubtful), Travis Konecny (52/8 f)
San Jose Sharks: Joonas Donskoi (45/6 f, doubtful), Dylan DeMelo (14/1 d)
Ottawa Senators v New York Islanders
Ottawa Senators: Clarke MacArthur (0/0 f)
New York Islanders: Cal Clutterbuck (44/3 f, doubtful), Travis Hamonic (35/2 d), Ryan Pulock (1/0 d), Mikhail Grabovski (0/0 f)
Boston Bruins v Vancouver Canucks
Boston Bruins: Zdeno Chára (49/4 d, illness, probably in), Austin Czarnik (48/5 f), Brian Ferlin (0/0 f)
Vancouver Canucks: Sven Baertschi (51/13 f), Anton Rodin (5/0 f), Erik Gudbranson (31/1 d), Derek Dorsett (14/1 f)
Dallas Stars v Carolina Hurricanes
Dallas Stars: Jamie Oleksiak (20/5 d, doubtful), Jason Spezza (45/8 f), Johnny Oduya (36/1 d), Ales Hemsky (0/0 f), Mattias Janmark (0/0 f)
Carolina Hurricanes: Bryan Bickell (8/1 f)
Nashville Predators v Florida Panthers
Nashville Predators: Harry Zolnierczyk (15/1 f), Miikka Salomaki (2/0 f)
Florida Panthers: no absences
Columbus Blue Jackets v Detroit Red Wings
Columbus Blue Jackets: David Savard (46/2 d, doubtful), David Clarkson (0/0 f)
Detroit Red Wings: Frans Nielsen (51/10 f), Niklas Kronwall (30/0 d)(both probably in), Jimmy Howard (17/93.4% Saves, goalkeeper), Jonathan Ericsson (51/1 d), Johan Franzén (0/0 f), Joe Vitale (0/0 f)
New York Rangers v Colorado Avalanche
New York Rangers: Dan Girardi (50/3 d, doubtful)
Colorado Avalanche: Tyson Barrie (44/3 d, doubtful), Rene Bourque (43/9 f), Semyon Varlamov (25/89.8% Saves, goalkeeper), Erik Johnson (23/1 d)
Montreal Canadiens v St. Louis Blues
Montreal Canadiens: Brendan Gallagher (40/6 f)
St. Louis Blues: Paul Stastny (54/15 f, doubtful), Robby Fabbri (51/11 f), Kyle Brodziak (47/6 f)
Toronto Maple Leafs v Buffalo Sabres
Toronto Maple Leafs: Nikita Soshnikov (42/4 d, doubtful), Joffrey Lupul (0/0 f), Stephane Robidas (0/0 d), Nathan Horton (0/0 f)
Buffalo Sabres: Cody Franson (52/3 d), William Carrier (35/4 f), Zach Bogosian (30/1 d)(all doubtful), Johan Larsson (37/6 m)
Winnipeg Jets v Tampa Bay Lightning
Winnipeg Jets: Ondrej Pavelec (8/88.8% Saves, goalkeeper), Tyler Myers (12/2 d), Marko Daňo (28/3 f)
Tampa Bay Lightning: Tyler Johnson (54/16 f, doubtful), Ryan Callahan (18/2 f), Steven Stamkos (17/9 f)
Washington Capitals v Anaheim Ducks
Washington Capitals: Andre Burakovsky (53/11 f)
Anaheim Ducks: Sami Vatanen (49/2 d), Clayton Stoner (14/1 d), Simon Despres (1/0 d)
Arizona Coyotes v Pittsburgh Penguins
Arizona Coyotes: Martin Hanzal (44/10 f, doubtful), Brad Richardson (17/5 f), Dave Bolland (0/0 f), Chris Pronger (0/0 d)
Pittsburgh Penguins: Carl Hagelin (51/6 f), Evgeni Malkin (47/22 f, 2nd top scorer)(both doubtful), Conor Sheary (42/17 f), Bryan Rust (50/12 f)
Edmonton Oilers v Chicago Blackhawks
Edmonton Oilers: Kris Russell (47/0 m), Jujhar Khaira (3/1 f), Matthew Benning (42/2 d)(all doubtful), Tyler Pitlick (32/8 f), Darnell Nurse (25/3 d), Andrew Ference (0/0 d)
Chicago Blackhawks: Michal Rozsival (15/0 d)
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Explanation: player statistics (a/b c)
a - games played this season
b - goals scored
c - team position (d - defender, m - midfielder, f - forward, g - goalkeeper).
